First things first: Even though Ted Cruz remains on the ballot there, Donald Trump easily won West Virginia Tuesday, with the race called immediately as polls closed.
File under: No shit. https://t.co/fcQMOVXjFa
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) May 10, 2016
More interesting, though, is the Democratic primary. No one knew exactly how much Hillary Clinton’s promise to put a lot of coal miners out of business would hurt her in the state, but rarely is the Democratic winner called this quickly with such confidence, suggesting a landslide.
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/730178321682571264
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is the projected winner of the West Virginia Dem primary. More: https://t.co/CZZBnA23SK pic.twitter.com/7M0X0BAjAM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 10, 2016
NBC News calls #WVPrimary for @BernieSanders, @ChuckTodd says victory 4 Sanders was more of a "vote against @HillaryClinton" #FeelTheBern
— Jordan (@JordanChariton) May 10, 2016
Sanders winning WV Dems with a coal worker in their household 63-30, per exit polls.
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) May 11, 2016
Bernie wins again. When is Hillary dropping out? https://t.co/A1dYDX4K3s
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) May 10, 2016
While other networks are still going with “too close to call” or “leaning toward Sanders,” the candidate himself is going ahead with the fundraising email.
In fundraising email, @BernieSanders says, 'We just got word that we won … the majority of the delegates in today's primary in WV'
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) May 11, 2016
Just like coal in the furnace, WVA and Hillary feel the BERN @BernieSanders pic.twitter.com/WR8qkBhkad
— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) May 10, 2016
Sanders pledges to keep going, but exit polls suggest that many of the votes for him in coal country were actually votes against Clinton.
Over 4/10 @BernieSanders voters in WV would vote for @realDonaldTrump in November: https://t.co/rWe5dAByTk pic.twitter.com/0edalzCetS
— CBS News Politics (@CBSPolitics) May 10, 2016
According to @SteveKornacki, 40% of Sanders' voters in their exits said they'd vote Trump in a Trump-Sanders match. https://t.co/7Z8LVwbPBk
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 10, 2016
West Va. exit polls show nearly half of Sanders voters would vote Trump in November https://t.co/Kr3iF3Lal0 pic.twitter.com/i5LiPNBdtP
— The Hill (@thehill) May 10, 2016
Update:
Two hours after NBC called West Virginia for Sanders, the dam has broken:
#Breaking: Bernie Sanders will win the West Virginia Democratic primary, CNN projects https://t.co/71oF3H6C30 pic.twitter.com/tLLBAZjufa
— CNN (@CNN) May 11, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bernie Sanders wins Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia.
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) May 11, 2016
Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia Democratic primary over Hillary Clinton https://t.co/4BZm7is8LN
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) May 11, 2016
Another win for Sanders? It looks like we’ve got ourselves a race! (Not really.)
https://twitter.com/llerer/status/730208661734363136
Once again, though, Sanders at least wins bragging rights and some forward momentum, and the RNC is hoping Clinton’s feeling the burn.
RNC: "nothing short of embarrassing that Hillary Clinton has now been defeated twenty times by a 74-year old socialist from Vermont"
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) May 11, 2016
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